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Sunday, September 14, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

India’s young audience is mature, but storytellers haven’t done enough: Neelesh Misra

Gaon Connection founder Neelesh Misra shares his ideas about content creation, fake news and journalism.

Hoaxposed: Video of children twerking in school is actually from Cuba

The video went viral in India on the back of claims that it happens in the country’s ‘convent’ schools.

Real news can be a bigger problem than fake news

The world of the internet — a world of information — is giving us more truth than we can handle, which explains the decline of the liberal world order.

Profit-making and commercial biases influence news feeds on Google, Facebook and Twitter

Big tech companies must reinvent their business models with clear emphasis on policy and responsibility, and hold powerful algorithm creators accountable.

HoaXposed: Man beating a ‘naga sadhu’ in viral video is not a Muslim

The video with a polarising caption tweeted by Imam Tawhidi was also shared by actress Koena Mitra on Twitter. New Delhi: A video of a naga...

Indian heads of social media platforms likely to be punished if fake news not checked

A panel headed by Rajnath Sigh is like to recommend action against social media platforms if they do not remove objectionable content from their site.

Former pilot ‘followed by Modi’ & SC lawyer want to be India’s media vigilantes

Duo is in the process of registering NGO, India Against Biased Media, already filed cases against actor Swara Bhaskar, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.

Kerala is not facing Lord Ayyappa’s wrath, flood video is from Mexico

The video, being shared on Twitter, falsely claims that a Hindu deity's wrath over the Sabarimala Temple case has caused the Kerala floods.

Delhi Police now has a secret weapon to counter fake news

It has a rather banal name, but Delhi Police has a set of wheels every bit as cool as the Batmobile, and it is being used to catch culprits unleashing mayhem from the anonymous annals of cyberspace.

This Delhi Police ‘Batmobile’ is out to catch the fake news bad guys

The force now has at its disposal a hi-tech van equipped with technology that allows them to 'crack' phones in minutes.

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Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.